Quality assurance for image‐guided radiation therapy utilizing CT‐based technologies: A report of the AAPM TG‐179

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Authors

Jean‐Pierre Bissonnette · University of Toronto

Peter Balter · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Lei Dong · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

K Langen

D. Michael Lovelock · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Moyed Miften · University of Colorado Denver

D Moseley · University of Toronto

Abstract

A program for quality control of CT-based image-guidance systems has been produced, with focus on geometry, image quality, image dose, system operation, and safety. Agreement and clarification with respect to reports from the AAPM TG-101, TG-104, TG-142, and TG-148 has been addressed.

Topics & Keywords

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation Dose and Imaging Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: Medical Physics

Volume 39, Issue 4, pp. 1946-1963

DOI: 10.1118/1.3690466

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